The lively and cosmopolitan city of Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and the third most populous in the United Kingdom. Glasgow boasts world famous art collections, the best shopping in the United Kingdom outside of London, and the most exciting nightlife in Scotland. The city is full of museums, shops, and historic sites, many of which were designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's best-known architect. ...

The little known Robroyston Wallace Monument, a memorial to Scotland's hero William Wallace, stands in Glasgow as does Wallace's Well, the spot where the famous warrior took his last drink as a free man. The only Medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland to have survived the 1560 Reformation virtually complete also resides in Glasgow. The Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Necropolis were built during the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and showcase some of the finest post-war collections of stained-glass windows in Britain. Glasgow is also home to the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland's oldest public museum. Located on the main campus of the University of Glasgow, it houses large art and zoological collections bequeathed by William Hunter in 1783. Nearby stands Mackintosh House, the home where Charles Rennie Mackintosh grew up.

For more history of Glasgow and its inhabitants, tourists might opt for the People's Palace and Winter Gardens. The People's Palace uncovers the social history of Glasgow from 1750 to the present and the Winter Gardens is an enormous Victorian glasshouse brimming with tropical plants and a quaint cafe. Other impressive historic sites in Glasgow include Pollock Estate, an eighteenth century mansion with spectacular gardens and a large collection of Spanish art, and Provand's Lordship, the only house to survive from the Medieval City. Visitors tiring of sightseeing in Glasgow will have no trouble finding fantastic places to dine and interesting places to shop.